Infant Toddler Institute

August 10, 2011 - 1:30-4:45
Lexington, KY

Agenda Overview:

1. Welcome & Intros - That went well.
2. The World Has Changed
3. The Wow Factor Activity
4. Get to Know Some Tech
5. Break
6. Creative Design
7. Design Time Challenge & Reporting
8. But, Wait ...
9. Wrap Up

Detailed Agenda:

1:30 - 1:40: Hellos

• Hi, I'm Justin I work for UK Education Leadership & CASTLE
• Who Are You? Comfort Level With Technology - Scale of 1-10?

1:40 - 2:10: The World Has Changed

• Powerpoint
• Did You Know 5.0 - Iowa
• But Wait ... Notes

2:10 - 2:30: Shock & Awe or "The Wow Factor"

• Shock and Awe Activity
  • Signs for ends of continuum
  • List of technologies
  • List of questions

2:30 - 3:00: Get to Know Some Tech

• Google
  • Search
  • Mail
    • Summary Emails Example from my Life!
  • YouTube
    • Reach an Audience: Example of Advocacy from Colorado
    • Private Messages!: Example from My Own Practice
    • Capturing Special Moments: here is one of mine
    • Learn: How to Change a Cloth Diaper (Yes, I needed this one!)
  • Documents
    • Forms (Quick and Dirty Surveys Feeding into a Spreadsheet)
  • Sites
  • Others: Photos, Scholar, Reader
• Facebook
  • TeachPreschool Group
  • Children's Montessori of Georgetown
• Wikis
  • This is a Wiki. Clicking that "edit" button at the top gives you access to the content on this page.
• Blogs
  • Blogger | Wordpress |
  • Early Childhood Education Blogs
  • Google Reader
• Other Tools
  • Skype
  • Twitter
  • Others?
• Devices
  • iPad
    • Intro to Letters
    • Monkey Preschool
    • Memory Cards
    • Toy Story
    • What was I Scared Of?
  • Roku
    • Netflix
  • Flip Cam
  • Others?
• But Wait ... Notes

3:00 - 3:15: Break

3:15 - 3:30: Creative Design Thinking

• If you could design a toy ...
• Break out the Play-Doh and DO IT!

3:30 - 4:00: Design Time

• As a team, design a technology or technology implementation plan for your practice
  • Conditions:
    • Must be technically feasible with existing free or low-cost tools
    • Must be possible to implement immediately
  • Task
    • Using Any/All Tools Provided, Build a Technology Plan for an Early Childhood Setting
    • Then, give a 2 min. elevator pitch to the rest of the group.
  • Evaluation
    • We all vote for the best plan
    • You Cannot Vote for Your Own Group!
  • Prize
    • TBA
• But Wait ... Notes

4:00 - 4:30: But Wait

• Top Topics from You!
• Consider

4:30 - 4:45: Stoplight Summary

Tech We Talked About

• Dropbox & Sugarsync